Caylus
By Big Daddy's Creations
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Description
The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around the building site, a city is slowly rising up…
The players embody master builders. By building the King’s castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King’s favour. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins the game.
* Pass & Play mode for playing on one device with your friends
* multiple AI players, every with a different strategy
* asynchronous multiplayer with push notifications
* challenging gameplay
* amazing hand drawn artwork
Caylus received multiple awards:
* 2011 Juego del Año Tico Nominee
* 2006 International Gamers Award winner
* 2006 Deutscher Spiele Preis winner
* 2006 Nederlandse Spellenprijs winner
* 2006 Spiel des Jahres winner, Special Award for Complex Game
* 2006 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek winner, Game of the Year’ and Best Gamer’s Game
* 2006 Hra roku (Czech Game of the Year) nominee
* 2005 Tric Trac d’or (France), Game of the Year, Winner
* 2005 Meeples’ Choice Award winner
What's New in Version 1.0.1
- memory management enhanced
- AI crashing due to making illegal moves fixed
- more responsive UI
Customer Reviews
Looks good plays not so good...
Pros
1) nice graphics
2) does all the bookkeeping for you
Cons
1) I have only played 2 player but the AI is pretty bad. The computer gets 1 man stuck in the inn the whole game! Practically loses immediately.
2) hard to know where the bailiff and provost are in relation to the buildings. Difficult to count spaces because these guys now stand in between buildings. When there are no buildings, hard to count spaces.
3) does not show how many castle sections have been built by an opponent THIS turn. You have to remember
4) cannot see the whole map at once. Makes looking at overall strategy difficult because you must scroll around. Allow zooming in and out
5) tap and drag to place workers doesn't work well because the viewport shifts. Better to do tap tap to allocate men
Great but..
So far im loving this board game. However, towards the end of a two player ai game, really slows down on my Ipad, computer takes forever to move, and game even slows down when im selecting things. Also, there needs to be more help. Such as clicking on a building and having it tell what it is or does, or an info button.
5 stars once totally stable and runs faster.
Excellent strategy game
Once you get used to the interface the game rocks!
- $4.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Jan 25, 2012
- Version: 1.0.1
- Size: 46.8 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Big Daddy's Creations, Wspolnik S.C.
- © 2012 Big Daddy's Creations
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
